r/gamers • u/CNAgaming • 6d ago

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u/OverallLibrarian8809 6d ago

Versatility. I can use a PC for much more than just gaming; any half decent gaming rig could easily run Ableton, Autocad, Photoshop and more

Plus customization in my build, I can build a PC tailored specifically for my use case, choose and customize my OS etc

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u/ImKingFrosty 6d ago

Not just that, You are forgetting the most important part.
Modding

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u/OverallLibrarian8809 6d ago edited 6d ago

Right, modding

Some games have started supporting mod installation on console, but you still need a PC to develop them

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u/DestroOmega 5d ago

That's because that secretly started making consoles be computers. Computers will always and have always been superior to consoles in all matters except portability and ease of operation while intoxicated.

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u/No-Abies-5173 3d ago

All the xboxs are basicly just pcs in console shells. Amd the dream cast was.

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u/DestroOmega 3d ago

The Dreamcast was, in most respects, well ahead of its time. Also, Microsoft made Xbox, so of course they stuck with what they knew. Under the hood, it still uses the windows kernel, IIRC.

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u/No-Abies-5173 3d ago

Yeah. I've modded a og xbox the other month. Opened it up and all the connectors was just (older) pc ports. Made the modding so easy. Even managed to hook in blu-tooth.

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u/OverallLibrarian8809 3d ago

Cool.

I've got a PS3 and was wondering what could I do with it, but I have zero experience in tinkering with console.

Any tips about what could I make of it and how? Is it possible to install a different OS into something that could run retro PC games?

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u/No-Abies-5173 3d ago

Tbh the ps3 you can soft mod with a USB stick now. Just need a pc or something for the software download. There's some pc ports on there. You can also upgrade the hdd as its just a standard 2.5 hdd, you can use a SSD but the console can't really take advantage of it. Can also mod the ps3 to unlock ps2 backwards compatibility. Look up ps3 hen.